Imagick Resizer is a module that hooks into core ImageSizer and do the Imagemanipulations using Image Magick via PHP-extension Imagick. It simply needs to be installed into the site/modules/ section.
gradients :: gradients
$options { ["quality"] int(90) ["sharpening"] string(4) "soft" ["upscaling"] bool(false) ["cropping"] bool(false) ["useCMS"] bool(false) ["keepICC"] bool(false) ["keepXMP"] bool(false) ["keepEXIF"] bool(false) }
gradient-01-isgd.jpg
processed via GD ImageSizer
time: 0.1092040000
gradient-01-basic.jpg
processed via ImagickResizer
time: 0.0549220000
gradient-01.270x444-.jpg
processed via ImagickResizer
time: 0.0604080000
gradient-02-isgd.jpg
processed via GD ImageSizer
time: 0.0977160000
gradient-02-basic.jpg
processed via ImagickResizer
time: 0.0429290000
The totaltime is only measured for the ImagickResizer! Otherwise a comparision with ImageSizers GD-lib is not possible.
Last run was on 27.08.2014 - 15:58, test execution time: 0.1658170000